refactor: save request last bounty timestamp separately

created_at is the wrong field to save this value in because the initial created_at date is lost. Using updated_at also doesn't work since updating the request fields will bump the request even if more bounty isn't added. So, we use a new field for this info. We use a field on the requests table and not the request_bounty table so that we can use an index to sort.

Author: Roardom

app/Http/Controllers/BountyController.php

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function store(StoreTorrentRequestBountyRequest $request, TorrentRequest
 
         $torrentRequest->increment('bounty', $request->integer('seedbonus'));
 
-        $torrentRequest->created_at = now();
+        $torrentRequest->last_bountied_at = now();
         $torrentRequest->save();
 
         if ($request->boolean('anon') == 0) {

app/Http/Livewire/TorrentRequestSearch.php

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class TorrentRequestSearch extends Component
     public int $perPage = 25;
 
     #[Url(history: true)]
-    public string $sortField = 'created_at';
+    public string $sortField = 'last_bountied_at';
 
     #[Url(history: true)]
     public string $sortDirection = 'desc';

app/Models/TorrentRequest.php

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
  * @property bool                            $anon
  * @property \Illuminate\Support\Carbon|null $created_at
  * @property \Illuminate\Support\Carbon|null $updated_at
+ * @property \Illuminate\Support\Carbon|null $last_bountied_at
  * @property int|null                        $filled_by
  * @property int|null                        $torrent_id
  * @property \Illuminate\Support\Carbon|null $filled_when
@@ -86,13 +87,14 @@ class TorrentRequest extends Model
     protected function casts(): array
     {
         return [
-            'filled_when'   => 'datetime',
-            'approved_when' => 'datetime',
-            'tmdb_movie_id' => 'int',
-            'tmdb_tv_id'    => 'int',
-            'igdb'          => 'int',
-            'bounty'        => 'decimal:2',
-            'anon'          => 'bool',
+            'filled_when'      => 'datetime',
+            'approved_when'    => 'datetime',
+            'last_bountied_at' => 'datetime',
+            'tmdb_movie_id'    => 'int',
+            'tmdb_tv_id'       => 'int',
+            'igdb'             => 'int',
+            'bounty'           => 'decimal:2',
+            'anon'             => 'bool',
         ];
     }
 

database/migrations/2025_09_19_063755_migrate_request_bounty_created_at_to_updated_at.php

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * NOTICE OF LICENSE.
+ *
+ * UNIT3D Community Edition is open-sourced software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
+ * The details is bundled with this project in the file LICENSE.txt.
+ *
+ * @project    UNIT3D Community Edition
+ *
+ * @author     Roardom <[email protected]>
+ * @license    https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html/ GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
+ */
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class () extends Migration {
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('requests', function (Blueprint $table): void {
+            $table->timestamp('last_bountied_at')->after('updated_at');
+        });
+
+        DB::table('requests')
+            ->join('request_bounty', 'requests_id', '=', 'requests.id')
+            ->groupBy('requests.id')
+            ->update([
+                'requests.created_at'       => DB::raw('MIN(request_bounty.created_at)'),
+                'requests.last_bountied_at' => DB::raw('MAX(request_bounty.created_at)'),
+            ]);
+    }
+};

resources/views/livewire/torrent-request-search.blade.php

@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ class="form__button form__button--text"
                             <i class="{{ config('other.font-awesome') }} fa-coins"></i>
                             @include('livewire.includes._sort-icon', ['field' => 'bounty'])
                         </th>
-                        <th wire:click="sortBy('created_at')" role="columnheader button">
+                        <th wire:click="sortBy('last_bountied_at')" role="columnheader button">
                             {{ __('common.created_at') }}
-                            @include('livewire.includes._sort-icon', ['field' => 'created_at'])
+                            @include('livewire.includes._sort-icon', ['field' => 'last_bountied_at'])
                         </th>
                         <th>{{ __('common.status') }}</th>
                     </tr>
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ class="form__button form__button--text"
                             <td>{{ number_format($torrentRequest->bounty) }}</td>
                             <td>
                                 <time
-                                    datetime="{{ $torrentRequest->created_at }}"
-                                    title="{{ $torrentRequest->created_at }}"
+                                    datetime="{{ $torrentRequest->last_bountied_at }}"
+                                    title="{{ $torrentRequest->last_bountied_at }}"
                                 >
-                                    {{ $torrentRequest->created_at->diffForHumans() }}
+                                    {{ $torrentRequest->last_bountied_at->diffForHumans() }}
                                 </time>
                             </td>
                             <td>